Description

Peter Apian.Charta Cosmographica.Cum
ventorum propria natura et operatione. [Antwerp: 1553]. Second
state with "Europe" engraved horizontally and the British Isles
identified as "Angl" and "Scot." Early cordiform world map,
including the Americas, from Apian's Cosmographia. One
sheet, uncolored (8.6875 x 12.125 inches; 221 x 308 mm.). Uneven
trimming to margins with long, narrow chip out of top edge. Four
small repairs to upper edge of verso. Three faint vertical creases
running length of map. Light age toning. Very good. One of the
earliest world maps not derived from Ptolemy, and one of the first
to show the Americas, with North America represented by a thin
sliver of land called "Baccalearum." In a decorative border of
illustrated figures representing the winds; scattered vignettes of
ships, sea monsters, native peoples and fauna. An early cordiform
projection. From 1529 on, Apian's Cosmographia or
Cosmographicus Liber was edited by Gemma Frisius, one of the
founders of the Belgian school of geography. Tooley pp. 18, 240;
Sabin 1749.

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September, 2018

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